Gas heater for furnaces



F. C. BALUSS.

GAS HEATER FOR FURNACESA..

APPLICATION men ocT. 23. 1920.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

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TOHNEY UNITED -STATESIPTENT OFFICE.

FRED c.-BLUss,ror DULUTH, MINNESOTA. v

` ens HEATER Eon FUaNAcEs.

Application vinea octber 23,

To @ZZ 'whom t may concern: V'

Be it known that I, FRED BALUss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Duluth, inthe county of St. Louis and Statel of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements lin Gas Heaters for Furnaces, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. l Y

This invention relates to gas burners and has special reference to ka burner'designed forv use in a furnace such as` used in connection with household heating purposes. l

The object is to provide a simpleforni ofk burner which may be readily attached to a standardfurnace for heating purposes. Y Another object is to produce a device of y this character which may be quickly installed or removed during the fallv and spring months when maximum heating requirements do not prevail. 1

Still another object is tofprovide a convenient novel form of burnensupport-L which in no way interferes with the furnace structure. Y Other objects and advantages of the peculiar structure will appear in the further description of the invention. f

Referrin now to the drawings accompanying this application and in which like reference characters indicate like parts:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a furnace, with my improved heater installed therein;

Figure 2 is a cross section on the line 2 2, Figure 1; showing a plan view of the burner and holder;

Figure 3 is a sideelevation of the burner, showing the manner of installation within the furnace; and

vFigure 4 is an enlarged vertical central sectional view of the mouth of one of the burner pipes.

1 represents an ordinary furnace and 2 the combustion chamber therein, while 3 represents the door opening into the re box and 4f is an inverted L-shaped combination closure for the door opening and support for the different sections of the burner.

The burner comprises two arcuately shaped perforated pipes 5 5, they-being disposed oppositely to eachother and having therebetween a straight piece of'perforated pipe 6.V The closure 4 has formed, in the upright body portion thereof, three properly spaced holes for the reception of the ends of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Y independently of `the' other.

1920. Serial No. 418,911.

and eachpipe has screw threadedly mounted,

upon the Vend which extends through]v the closure, `a funnel shaped member 7 Afjam nut 8 is provided on the opposite sidev of the closure for holdingl the pipes. tightlyfinl place within the closure. By this means itfis, evident that*v the pipes 5&5 andl may-,be readily separated ordisconnected from l"the closure or supporting er device during, the process of installing or removing theburner in connection with the furnace. .It will be noted that the endsv of thepipes 5--5 land 6 terminate adjacent eachother, `v`lout art-not in any way connected,l each pipe yburning vlamented Feb.y 7,' 1922.

The funnel shaped lmembers lare reception ofthe ends 9 vof v the disch-arge pipeslO, which-are extensions from the main gas pipe 1 1`- and in `each pipe 10 isinstalled a valve l2 for controllingthe'gas YWhich-lis dischargedy into the members/7- The. ends 9` of. the pipesV lordo, v1.10.1;A bottom "inthe inner ends of the funnel shaped members, but extend therein opposite the mouth of each pipe 5-5 and' so that when gas is admitted through the ends 9 of the pipes 10 it will carry with it, by a syphoning effect, a portion of air, thus improving the combustion of the gas when burning. i

As before stated, the pipes 10 each have installed therein a common control valve 12 and are connected to the main gas pipe 11 in any desired manner, and I have shown the connections to the outermost pipes 10 as extending upwardly and secured to `the horizontal portion 13 of the closure as at 14; thus the closure becomes a support for'95v the entire burner. v

As a means for holding the closure and burner in position within the furnace, I am employing a goosenecked bolt 15, which is carried adjacent the lower edge of the closure and extends inwardly within the furnace and hooks over the lower edge of the opening 3, when it may be drawn taut by means of the nut 16 and thus hold the closure tightly against the outer face of the opening 3, while the Weight of the pipes 5-5 and 6 will tend to hold the upper side of the closure more securely in position. When the burner is employed in connection with a furnace it is intended that the door of the furnace be removed or swung clearly out of the way of the closure 4 so that the latter will be unobstructed in its application to the door opening in the furnace. Y

From the foregoing it is evident that I have devised a simple and inexpensive burner which may be applied to a hot water orotlier furnace veryV quickly and eco-V,`

nomically for a mild heating of the furnace during the fall or spring months, and, if surroundlng Conditions are such as to warrant, it may be used continuously, if desired.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure ,by Letters Patent, is

l. A burner of the character described comprising an inverted L-shaped supporting member, a plurality of perforated pipes removably attached to the body portion of the supporting member, means carried by the body portion for attaching the burner to the furnace and a manifold gas pipe carried by the supporting member and supplying` gas to the perforated pipes.

2, A burner of-the character described comprising an inverted l.shaped holder, a plurality v0f perforated pipes yfastened, within the holder, each pipe having a funnel shaped member at the receiving end thereof, -a manifold gas pipe carried by the hor-izontally projecting portion of the holder vand depending valve controlled L-shaped pipes extending from the manifold into the funnel shaped mouths of the perforated pipes, whereby when gas is discharged into said latter pipes it will be supplied with air Vfor improvement in its combustion, substantially as described. l

3. A holder for a gas burner applicable to the door opening of a furnace comprising an invertedLshaped closure for said opening, perforated burner pipes attached to said closure and projecting into the furnace, a manifold gas supply pipe carried by the horizontally projecting portion of the closure, depending valve controlled L-shaped pipes extending from the manifold and supplying gas to the burner pipes, substantially as described. Y e

4. A holder for a gas burner applicable to the door opening of a furnace comprising a closure plate for saidopening, burner pipes carried by said plate and extending inwardly into Vthe furnace, ,and a gooseneck bolt extending inwardly from the plate beneath the burner pipes for holding engagement against the inner lower Vedge of the door opening of the furnace, substantially as described. j

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses FRED C. BALUSS. i

Witnesses:

D. E. STEVENS, S. C. BRoNsoN. 

